Chapter 249 This boy is a bit difficult to deal with
In the blink of an eye, Lu Chen has been back from the Imperial Capital to the Demon Capital Team Base for several days.
The team has no specific training tasks these days, and of course there is no holiday. The players arrange their own time to play ranked games, which is equivalent to giving the players a short period of time to relax after the finals.
After all, there are still more than twenty days until the group stage of the S7 World Championship begins.
On September 9th, Lu Chen was in solo queue, waiting for a break, when he discovered that the staff member of Shark TV, who had joined during the school live broadcast a long time ago, sent him a message.
Although a week has passed, this person still congratulated him on winning this year's lpl summer championship.
The image of the head of a certain department of Shark TV had long been blurred in Lu Chen's mind. Lu Chen only vaguely remembered the middle-aged woman's mean lips and domineering attitude.
So Lu Chen just replied "Yeah!".
It's indeed not very appropriate, but today is different from the past. No matter what the person on the other end of the phone thinks, at least in this situation, she will not show any emotion.
Then the man asked Lu Chen if he had any plans to broadcast live recently. It just so happened that Lu Chen had no competition tasks for the rest of September.
Lu Chen just said casually: "In a few days!"
This is not a lie, Lu Chen is indeed planning to live stream the national server after the national server is updated to version 7.18 in a few days.
Sensing Lu Chen's perfunctory attitude, the Shark TV guy didn't give up, and then asked about things related to the live broadcast in his contract with the club.
It's not difficult to understand. With Lu Chen's reputation in LPL at this time, coupled with his game style, and his program-effective side shown in early live broadcasts, he is now a favorite in the eyes of the live broadcast platform.
But at the same time, Lu Chen is a professional player with a professional contract.
When a general professional player signs a contract with a club, the live broadcast is basically operated by the club in the contract. Some subsequent terms related to the player's live broadcast are negotiated by the club with the live broadcast platform.
The contract will basically become a three-party contract between the platform, the club, and the players. The players are actually subject to many constraints.
Only a few big-name players can take back these rights from the club and sign separate contracts with the live broadcast platform independently of the club.
This is also the case in some teams where a certain player is live streaming on platform A, but all his teammates are live streaming on platform B.
This is because the player's live broadcast contract is separate and belongs to him, while the live broadcast contracts of his teammates are all signed by the team.
In addition, there are also cases where some unknown water cooler players have no live broadcast value at all. Sometimes teams don’t bother to ask for their live broadcast rights, so they also have them in their own hands.
Shark TV never expected that Lu Chen, as the top brother of the team, would actually have a "child labor" contract with the team. The contract only included food and accommodation, and he was subject to club management, and his monthly salary was just over five figures.
wages, these simple terms.
After all, it's just a short-term, cheap contract of six months, and it doesn't involve anything complicated.
When someone from Shark TV asked this, of course Lu Chen wouldn't explain.
Although the rights to live broadcast are now in his own hands, and he can sign with whichever platform he wants, Lu Chen respects the club, so he did not disclose this matter.
After dealing with the ambiguous situation, both parties said "goodbye" to each other.
Lu Chen knew that if he couldn't ask anything here, he should contact the club and ask.
Putting his phone back on the desktop, Lu Chen clicked on the previously canceled ranking queue.
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In the evening, the team manager came to the training room.
She notified Lu Chen and asked him to go to her office after finishing the ranking game at hand.
Lu Chen thought for a moment and vaguely guessed why the manager was here.
After finishing the game at hand, Lu Chen stood up from his seat and walked to the manager's office.
After knocking on the door twice and hearing the "come in" signal, Lu Chen pushed the door open and entered.
As soon as I entered, I saw several A4 papers stapled together on a large desk. The content on them was too far away to see clearly.
"Sit!" The manager pointed to the sofa diagonally opposite her.
After Lu Chen sat down, she stood up from the chair, picked up some A4 papers on the table, came to Lu Chen, and handed them to Lu Chen.
Then he brought a glass of water to Lu Chen and sat down opposite Lu Chen.
Lu Chen took a quick look.
Sure enough, I was talking to myself about renewing the contract.
Lu Chen's original "child labor" contract was only for half a year. After the S7 Global Finals, it was about to expire. By then, Lu Chen would be a free agent.
Based on his performance in the summer games, it is normal for the club to renew his contract now.
At a glance, this renewal contract does not take effect after the original contract expires, but directly covers the original contract from the date of signing.
From this point of view alone, it is quite sincere.
Lu Chen glanced through it briefly, but the most critical part was not mentioned above. It seemed that the most critical thing was to be interviewed.
The two talked for more than ten minutes. Lu Chen picked up the water glass and drank it in one gulp, then stood up with a smile.
The team manager also stood up with a smile and sent Lu Chen out of the office.
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Lu Chen returned to the training room and sat down in his seat. He did not start ranking immediately, but recalled the content of the chat between the two just now.
Just looking at the happy faces of the two of them when Lu Chen left the office, it seemed as if this exchange had reached a result that both parties were satisfied with.
At least a preliminary agreement has been reached.
But in fact, there was no agreement at all between the two.
Regarding the new contract, his salary increased significantly. The manager offered him a monthly salary of more than six figures, but the excess was limited.
Then there are some additional bonuses.
Considering that Lu Chen is currently the number one top laner in LPL, this salary level is somewhat low.
Coupled with Lu Chen's excellent ability to attract fans brought about by his playing style, if Lu Chen is now put on the transfer market, other teams will only offer higher salaries.
Therefore, Lu Chen also understands the club's intention to renew the contract at this time. If Lu Chen continues to shine like he did in the summer finals in the S7 Global Finals one month later, then Lu Chen's market will only rise.
But having said that, Lu Chen can barely accept the salary alone.
The club also has something to say. You are 21 this year. Not to mention a "senior player", you are at least an "older player". If you are given a substantial salary increase, the club will also have to take risks!
But there is another problem: the new contract is too long.
This was something Lu Chen didn't want to do.
In the next few years, the League of Legends professional competition will be on an upward trajectory as a whole, and the market conditions, player values and salary levels will gradually increase.
If you sign a long contract at this time, then you are the one who will suffer the loss!
Moreover, I said earlier that I was worried that I would have to take risks because I was older, and my back would be a long-term contract. Isn't this inconsistent?
Another point is that the club wants to have full control over its own live broadcast matters.
For Lu Chen, it’s not like Lu Chen can’t give this to the club. It’s also good for the club’s players to make money together.
But when the salary was not very satisfactory, Lu Chen could not accept this.
So in the previous exchange, Lu Chen just smiled and said: "There is no rush to renew the contract. My contract is far from expiring. The most important thing now is to prepare for the S7 Global Finals. Put aside small things like contract renewal in advance."
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The team manager was also unlikely to give in immediately, so the two had not agreed on anything before.
But the manager still sent Lu Chen out with a smile, showing his true nature as a "businessman" in business talks.
Lu Chen clicked on the ranking list and temporarily forgot about this matter.
He is a very professional person, and this kind of thing will not affect his competitive state at all.
The manager's office at this time.
Recalling Lu Chen's smiling but firm attitude during the previous exchange, manager OMG couldn't help but sigh: "This guy is a bit difficult to deal with. He is not as easy to fool as other players."
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Although the entire team is currently on a semi-holiday, Lu Chen still maintains his regular schedule during the playoffs. He does not go out to play and queues up very late every day.
As the honorary owner of the Desert Death Bar, Lu Chen is a very self-disciplined person.
After all, self-discipline is an essential quality for doghead players.
In the LPL finals a week ago, when Lu Chen took out the top laner in the second game, the whole doghead community was excited.
Even though the game was lost in the end, the majority of the members of the Kotou Bar regarded Lu Chen as the honorary bar owner of the Kotou Bar.
Quite a bit like the uncrowned king!
Solo queue until midnight, the Korean server will start maintenance and update the new version.
After this maintenance, the Korean server will reach version 7.18, which is the version that will be used in the S7 Global Finals.
As for the national server, it will be a few days later.
Lu Chen has already seen some changes in the new version on relevant websites in advance.
In version 7.18, there are some changes related to the heroes in his hero pool.
Among them, Sword Queen's passive movement speed bonus has been increased, and the movement speed bonus of R skill has returned, which is a good enhancement.
Speaking of which, the hero Sword Girl has been secretly strengthened little by little in several consecutive versions.
This is good news for Lu Chen.
Then the damage of Snake Girl's Twin Fangs (e) was weakened, and other heroes in his hero pool, such as Gnar, Barrel, Prince, and Lucian, also suffered some slight weakening.
Among them, the shield value of the Prince's Golden Holy Shield (w) has been weakened, and it is basically impossible to survive on the top lane, and it is completely reduced to a jungler.
From now on, the prince will appear first, and the swinging move in the jungle will not work well.
Some other changes are also very small. After all, this is the World Championship version, and Riot doesn’t dare to make any big changes.
Lu Chen noticed that a hero that had not changed for a long time had some movement in this version of the World Championship.
That is the blind monk.
In version 7.18 of the Blind Sin, the shield value of the W skill has been improved.
There is such a type of hero in League of Legends. Due to the skill mechanism, their appearance rate and winning rate can be greatly improved if they are slightly strengthened.
For this type of hero, designers are often extremely cautious in enhancing them, but when weakening them, they are ruthless and drastic.
Blind Sin obviously belongs to this category of heroes.
Regardless of whether the version is suitable or not, you can see the hero Blind Sin in the World Championship every year.
Just relying on the kick of his ultimate move, the blind monk has the ability to change his fate against the odds.
Lu Chen’s teammate world6 is a blind guy with unique skills.
As soon as he saw that the shield value of the blind monk's W skill had been strengthened, Lu Chen immediately thought of something.
After today's version update, I'm afraid there will be a lot of blind people in the high-level ranks coming out of the incense burner.
Due to the recent emergence of "A monsters", which are plundering wildly in the high divisions of the Korean server, and various auxiliary two-on-five, it has also given the world a new understanding of the upper limit of the incense burner.
Recently, there are more and more soft assistants at high levels, while there are fewer and fewer hard assistants.
Therefore, it is quite appropriate for Blind Man to have an incense burner in the middle and late stages.
It just so happens that the hero Blind Man, whose economy is about the same as his opponent's, is particularly strong when he has one or two pieces of equipment. The more equipment he has, the more he will be stretched. In the later stages, he can't do anything, so he relies on his ultimate kick.
In this case, it is better to release a censer. It just so happens that in version 7.18, the price of Knight's Oath has also been reduced.
When the knight's oath and the incense burner are released together, it will be a beautiful thing!
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Now that the Korean server has been maintained, Lu Chen is ready to play a few games of the Chinese server and go to bed.
Entering the top of the canyon, Lu Chen's own [Huaguo Agricultural University] account has dropped to platinum because it has not been in the maintenance bureau for too long.
However, the hidden points are still there, so Lu Chen can fight back quite quickly.
The national server will be updated to the 7.18 World Championship version on September 13th, while the S7 Global Finals Qualifiers will start on September 23rd.
After the national server is updated to 7.18, the teams that need to enter the finals will gradually arrive in China. By then, the players of these teams will use the super account to play on the top of the canyon.
The top of the canyon is also going to be lively.
Lu Chen plans to familiarize himself with the World Championship version in the Korean server in the past few days. When the Chinese server is updated to 7.18, he will start a live broadcast to play Top of the Canyon.
After all, when playing in the Korean server, when everyone is having "friendly exchanges", the screen is full of Korean, which the audience can't understand, or the pinyin and construction site English are used side by side, which is also painful to watch.
How can I have such a smooth communication with the national service brother who is proficient in Zaun culture?
Moreover, the frequency of fights in the Korean server is not as good as that in the Chinese server, so in terms of live broadcast effect, playing in the Korean server is far inferior to playing on the top of the canyon.
However, Lu Chen estimates that by October, which is the month when the S7 group stage officially starts, players from the lpl and lck will spend a lot of time playing the Korean server and will not spend all their qualifying time on the top of the canyon.
In addition to the difference in game rhythm between the Chinese server and the Korean server, there is another reason that must be because of a major feature of the Chinese server - actors.
Although because of the local World Championship, Penguin Games threatened to severely crack down on the actors at Top of the Canyon during the World Championship.
However, the problem of actors has been in the Chinese server for a long time and is deeply rooted, so it is not easy to clean up.
Sometimes, you can't tell whether they are actors or real people!
All of them are Oscar winners.
After playing two games of the national server, Lu Chen went to rest and only waited for the update of the national server version on the 13th before returning to play Top of the Canyon.
But before that, there is one more thing that needs attention.
That is the qualifying round of the S7 Global Finals and the group stage draw ceremony.
